Knight, Malick, Goodwin, Etc. Set for Williamstown Fest

Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced additional casting for the upcoming season.

Dylan Baker (Eastern Standard, La Bete; Spiderman 2 and 3) will play The Squire in The Corn is Green on the Main Stage, August 1-12.  Rob Campbell (Ivanov, Translations; Wonder Boys, Boys Don't Cry) will play Johann Mobius in The Physicists on the Center Stage, August 7-18.  Ginnifer Goodwin ("Big Love," Walk the Line, Mona Lisa Smile) plays Bessie Watty in The Corn is Green. Jason Butler Harner (The Coast of Utopia; The Good Shepherd) plays Hildy Johnson in The Front Page on the Main Stage, July 4-15.  Broadway.  John Benjamin Hickey (Love! Valour! Compassion!, Cabaret, The Crucible) plays Nicholas Denery in The Autumn Garden on the Main Stage Aug. 15-26.     

Wayne Knight ("Seinfeld," Sweet Charity, Art, Gemini; Jurassic Park) plays Sheriff Hartman in The Front Page. Wendie Malick ("Just Shoot Me," "Dream On," The American President) plays Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, July 18-29 on the Main Stage.  Kali Rocha ("Grey's Anatomy," Chaucer in Rome, The Skin of Our Teeth, Travesties at Williamstown) plays Chick Boyle in Crimes of the Heart on the Nikos Stage August 8-19.  Jessica Hecht (Julius Caesar, After the Fall, The Last Night of Ballyhoo; Sideways), previously announced as Ruth in Blithe Spirit on the Main Stage July 18-29, will also appear as Nina Denery in The Autumn Garden.         

Tickets and more information are available on the Festival's website, www.wtfestival.org.  On Monday, June 4, tickets will be available at the Festival's box office and by phone at 413.597.3400.   The box office will be open Monday through Saturday 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday 11 am – 3 pm through June 13.  Starting June 14, the box office will be open Monday 10 am – 4 pm, and until 8 pm on performance days, Tuesday through Saturday 10 am – 8 pm and Sunday 10 am – 4 pm.

Festival performances are held at the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.   The theatre is wheelchair accessible.  Assistive listening devices are available. 

Photos - Ginnifer Goodwin, Wayne Knight and Wendie Malick